Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. Each hour there’s something memorable.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2010

This week, several TechSoup Global staffers are participating in Foundation Week in Brussels. This post comes from GuideStar International chair Buzz Schmidt. Originally publised on the GuideStar International Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The UN Foundation’s Aaron Sherinian was next up for the opening keynote where he gave an overview of different global projects that through the power of social media and networks offer scale to social change issues. . ”If your cause is true and right you have to persevere. ” Philantroteens.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

According to a recent article in Muncie, Indiana's Star Press , "the National Retail Federation expects the average consumer to spend $791.10 Global Girlfriend is an online fair trade store that sells handmade gifts made by women's non-profit programs and cooperatives. this holiday season, up from $738.11 last year."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Mahikeng, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Saturday, September 9, 2017.

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Forum One

JANUARY 21, 2009

Those interested in domestic health, global health, population issues, or international development would do well to join an online conversation series hosted by the Population Reference Bureau. Tags: Global Health. Consider the topic for tomorrow, 1/22, at 1:00 EST: " Birth Defects: A Hidden Toll for Developing Countries."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

The event here in Zurich is the Schwab Social Entrepreneur Summit, where roughly a hundred social entrepreneurs get together with global leaders to advance the movement. On Monday we were joined by a dazzling array of global leaders who are interested in social entrepreneurship. Roger Martin, dean of the U.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

He plans to start a search fund (a vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors) to find businesses – and intellectual property – that have a social focus to help out developing countries, particularly South Africa. His specialty: user testing. A move to Benetech’s quality assurance team was a great fit.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

Now, a day and two thousand miles from the closing ceremony, I realize I was lucky enough to participate in a very special kind of conference, one which deals specifically with the global politics of science centers. Casual discussions were steeped in government policies, national literacy rates, and worldwide attitudes towards science.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Global delegates. The BoardSource Leadership Forum (BLF) is a global conference focused on nonprofit leadership at the highest level – the board of directors. 2016 Alliance National Conference. 2016 Alliance National Conference. National Arts Marketing Project Conference. National Arts Marketing Project Conference.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2014

Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya : his report presents all the key statistics, data and behavioural indicators for social, digital and mobile channels around the world. For other reports in this series, please visit [link] H/T to Social Fish'

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. don't have a coherent national collection infrastructure. According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Along with her work as an aquatic biologist, her book, Silent Spring , is largely credited for advancing the global environmental movement worldwide , inspiring the rise of ecofeminism and many feminist scientists. You can thank marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson for that. Rosalind Franklin. Are you inspired by women in the arts?

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Care2

JULY 23, 2012

Ghazal manages the North American offices of Engaging Networks, a global eCRM software company, servicing organizations such as Oxfam, Save the Children, PETA, World Vision, CARE, Humane Society International, and many more. Eric serves on the board of directors of two national nonprofit organizations.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 29, 2022

In 1990, four months after being released from prison, Mandela visited Madison Park High School in Boston to address the community , and he expressed his deep concern about school dropouts both in South Africa and the U.S. I’m so proud of my African heritage.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

We introduced rooibos and honeybush from South Africa, which was never heard of in America. Because currently, the TransFair fair trade only certifies about eight different products, eight different raw goods--rice, sugar, cocoa, coffee, soccer balls, something like that, tea and a couple other things--and it's not really global.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

He has won many honors, including the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the International Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and the Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. It is actually really understandable.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. The Africa Forum is the premier meeting of blindness groups across sub-Saharan Africa, and it’s held roughly every three years. It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004.

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